Hide download site

I currently have a website of funny downloads
(http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space that
my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
currently host an FTP server for files located on my personal drive. Now,
here's my question...rather than having a download with an Http hyperlink is
there anyway that I can have an FTP hyperlink however have the login ID and
password hidden??? I am still pretty new at the website creation process so
any help, comments or suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks so
very much!
Pippi (and before anyone tries to call me "mate", I'm a girl)

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Thanks so much. I guess I was hoping that there was more to it! Oh well,
wishful thinking, I guess.

"Fletch" <> wrote in message
news:3f175ed0$0$1209$...
> G'day Mate
>
> "Pippi"
> > I currently have a website of funny downloads
> > (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space
that
> > my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
> > currently host an FTP server for files located on my personal drive.
Now,
> > here's my question...rather than having a download with an Http
hyperlink
> is
> > there anyway that I can have an FTP hyperlink however have the login ID
> and
> > password hidden???
>
> You cannot hide the link - otherwise the users' browser wouldn't know
where
> to go.
> You could perhaps set up an account that can only access certain files on
> your server though.
>
> > I am still pretty new at the website creation process so
> > any help, comments or suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks so
> > very much!
> > Pippi (and before anyone tries to call me "mate", I'm a girl)
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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"Pippi" <> wrote in message
news:WHIRa.1984$...
> I currently have a website of funny downloads
> (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space that
> my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
> currently host an FTP server for files located on my personal drive.

Very dangerous. I hope you have an adequate firewall and all the latest
service releases and security patches in place

Also look into your ISP's terms of service. Many do not allow running a
server on your system.
> Now,
> here's my question...rather than having a download with an Http hyperlink
is
> there anyway that I can have an FTP hyperlink however have the login ID
and
> password hidden???

As others have told you, no. Why not just run an HTTP server. Much easier to
deal with than FTP and you don't need to bother with passwords. However see
above. Also, you will need a static IP address. Do you have one?

Hmmm...you might be right about the ISP not allowing a server. I do have a
firewall and am always concerned about security. As for http server, that
would be my preference however I don't have the money to pay for the
additional storage space the free ones do not allow files larger than 1 meg.

Thanks so much for your comments.
Leeza

"rf" <> wrote in message
news:ykJRa.1241$...
> <crosspost snipped>
>
> "Pippi" <> wrote in message
> news:WHIRa.1984$...
> > I currently have a website of funny downloads
> > (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space
that
> > my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
> > currently host an FTP server for files located on my personal drive.
>
> Very dangerous. I hope you have an adequate firewall and all the latest
> service releases and security patches in place
>
> Also look into your ISP's terms of service. Many do not allow running a
> server on your system.
>
> > Now,
> > here's my question...rather than having a download with an Http
hyperlink
> is
> > there anyway that I can have an FTP hyperlink however have the login ID
> and
> > password hidden???
>
> As others have told you, no. Why not just run an HTTP server. Much easier
to
> deal with than FTP and you don't need to bother with passwords. However
see
> above. Also, you will need a static IP address. Do you have one?
>
> Cheers
> Richard.
>
>

"Pippi" <> wrote in message
newsHJRa.2008$...
> Some very good points. Thanks!
>
> Hmmm...you might be right about the ISP not allowing a server. I do have a
> firewall and am always concerned about security. As for http server, that
> would be my preference however I don't have the money to pay for the
> additional storage space the free ones do not allow files larger than 1
meg.

Er, Apache is free and it's used by most of the web hosts out there. No
limit on file size. However, if you are serving 1M files from your own
computer then your ISP _will_ get cranky with you

In article <WHIRa.1984$>, says...
> I currently have a website of funny downloads
> (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space that
> my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I

Why not get some free webspace at another provider & http link to files
there?

Yes that was my thinking however I have not been able to find any free
webspace that allows you to upload files larger than 1 meg. Do you know of
one?

"Jacqui or (maybe) Pete" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In article <WHIRa.1984$>,
> says...
> > I currently have a website of funny downloads
> > (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space
that
> > my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
>
> Why not get some free webspace at another provider & http link to files
> there?
>

In article <jvQRa.2049$>, says...
> "Jacqui or (maybe) Pete" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > In article <WHIRa.1984$>,
> > says...
> > > I currently have a website of funny downloads
> > > (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space
> that
> > > my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
> >
> > Why not get some free webspace at another provider & http link to files
> > there?
> >
> Yes that was my thinking however I have not been able to find any free
> webspace that allows you to upload files larger than 1 meg. Do you know of
> one?
>

Sure, I just uploaded a 2Mb file to haxorz.porjes.com which is at a free
host: http://illfuckinghostit.com/ - I'm sure there are others with less
rude names...

"Sid Ismail" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 06:59:19 -0400, "Pippi" <> wrote:
>
> : Yes that was my thinking however I have not been able to find any free
> : webspace that allows you to upload files larger than 1 meg. Do you know
of
> : one?
>
>
> Use google, and peruse the replies to "free webspace"

Better yet pay for some proper hosting. Most inexpensive hosts charge per
year, for a little site, less than the cost of dinner out for two, excluding
the grogs.

"Pippi" <> wrote in message
news:WHIRa.1984$...
> I currently have a website of funny downloads
> (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space that
> my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for more. I
> currently host an FTP server for files located on my personal drive. Now,
> here's my question...rather than having a download with an Http hyperlink
is
> there anyway that I can have an FTP hyperlink however have the login ID
and
> password hidden??? I am still pretty new at the website creation process
so
> any help, comments or suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks so
> very much!
> Pippi (and before anyone tries to call me "mate", I'm a girl)
>
>
>
if you setup the 'anonymous' ftp account, you dont need to include a
menaingful user name or password in the url.

the server should automatically chroot the directory that you are making
available, or will at least give instructions on how to do it.

firewalling is a good idea because once you put your ip address out there
you have a greater chance of becoming a target.

> says...
> I currently have a website of funny downloads
> (http://home.cogeco.ca/~pippi/). I have used all of the storage space
> that my web provider has allocated to me and cannot afford to pay for
more. I
> Why not get some free webspace at another provider & http link to files
> there?
> Yes that was my thinking however I have not been able to find any free
> webspace that allows you to upload files larger than 1 meg. Do you know of
> one?
...
> "Jacqui or (maybe) Pete" <> says...
>Sure, I just uploaded a 2Mb file to haxorz.porjes.com which is at a free
> host: http://illfuckinghostit.com/ - I'm sure there are others with less
> rude names...
>
> Could you read this when you have a moment?
>
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~wijnands/nnq/nquote.html

Anyone know how Apple does the ticker on their page <http://www.apple.com/>?
I realize that it's just an animated gif, but anyone know what tool they
use to build the gif? There's sort of a shutter effect -- a string of
text slowly revealed, and then you see it all for a while.

Bryan Walls wrote:
>
> Anyone know how Apple does the ticker on their page <http://www.apple.com/>?
> I realize that it's just an animated gif, but anyone know what tool they
> use to build the gif? There's sort of a shutter effect -- a string of
> text slowly revealed, and then you see it all for a while.

Considering it's Apple, they probably have proprietary software that
will take strings of headlines and compile them into animated gifs (now
that the patent has expired).

OR

They use Adobe Imageready or LiveMotion [which will compile into
animated gifs if you don't need flash]. The text "looks" like what you'd
get in LiveMotion (that would be my choice for rapidly developing this
type of thing). btw -- the shutter effect is not all that smooth -- it
reveals "chunks" of words at a time [looks like a maximum of 6 (maybe 7)
frames per line revealed].

There are probably a number of other tools that could be used as well.
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